Sunday, 12 March 2017

Four children drown in FCT river

Distressed mother of one of the drowned children. (NAN Photo)

Four children – Jinkai Hakila, 10, Bridget Ibrahim, 11, Precious
Ezra, 14 and Azumi Daniel, 16, were on Saturday found drowned in Danko
River, Galadimawa Community, FCT suburb.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the
community, reports that residents were thrown into mourning following
the ugly incident.
The four deceased and other children were at the river for washing before the incident occurred.
Some eye witnesses told NAN that the incident happened at about 11 a.m. when the children were still washing in the river.
Miss Blessing Elisha, 14, an eye witness, said that they were together at the river washing while others were playing.
She said several efforts made to stop the children from playing in the water yielded no result before the incident.
“I actually did not see them entering the water because I was busy
washing, suddenly I was called that three of them had entered the river.
“It was then I looked up and saw the fourth one going in and an attempt made to rescue her looked like I was getting drowned.
“Then I left her and ran to call for help,” she said.
Mr Alhassan Abdulwahab, one the first people that responded to the
distress call, said it took about three hours to get their corpses out
of the river.
He said the information gathered from other children at the scene
showed that the youngest of the deceased, Hakila was the first to enter
the river.
He said other children were drowned while attempting to rescue their colleagues.
“We came to the scene of the incident immediately we got the
information, and it took some time before we discovered their corpses
because our nets were already in the river for fishing.
“It was after I pulled out my net with a very big fish in it that I
saw the four corpses in the same area with their stomach not swollen,”
Abdulwahab said.
NAN reports that the four corpses were buried by the river side in line with the tradition of the community. (NAN)

rh

Total Pageviews

Pages

A Challenging Position in a Reputable Company with emphasis on Excellence and Innovation where my abilities can be fully harnessed for organizational growth and profitability. Effective leadership disposition with good team spirit & unquestionable integrity. - · Excellent PC skills and Highly focused